CINCINNATI — Andrew McCutchen hit another homer at Great American Ball Park, and Pittsburgh’s rebuilt bullpen was shaky but delivered on Friday night, holding on for a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Harking back to the era of bonfires and cheerleader-led pep rallies, Madison Consolidated High School will officially open the 2015 fall sports season with an athletic department-wide Fall Festival Jamboree next Friday.

CINCINNATI — Brandon Phillips didn’t realize he had done something very rare. Phillips hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in a career-high seven runs on Thursday night, powering the Reds to a 15-5 victory that kept the Pittsburgh Pirates winless in Cincinnati this season.

Jimmy Shane didn’t have the fastest boat on the Columbia River last weekend, but a little bit of luck and a whole lot of hard driving netted the U-1 Oberto/Miss Madison driver his second-straight Gold Cup.